Pee Wee Herman, America's Favorite Masturbator, Tells Leno He's Giving Up Sex

By: Sammy Rose Saltzman
Topics: Daily Blotter

(Sarasota County Sheriff Dept.)

Photo: Paul Reuben's 1991 mug shot for indecent exposure.

NEW YORK (CBS) Everyone's favorite movie-theater-masturbator and 1980s children's TV star, Pee-wee Herman, is back in action.

Paul Reuben, the creator of the lovable bow-tied star of "Pee-wee's Funhouse," appeared on The Jay Leno Show on Tuesday night, where he discussed his new stage show and showed off his new abstinence ring.

"I'm only two days into it," he said of his newfound temperance. "Not easy!" he told Leno in his famous Pee-wee voice.

It's not clear that Reuben is the best candidate for celibacy, given his spotty rap sheet.

In 1991, Reuben pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of indecent exposure after he was arrested in a Florida adult movie theater, where he was taking care of his own pee-wee during the triple bill of Catalina Five-O: Tiger Shark, Nurse Nancy and Turn up the Heat, according to Entertainment Weekly.

While detectives looked at his driver's license, Reubens told them, "I'm Pee-wee Herman," and then offered to do a children's benefit for the sheriff's office "to take care of this," according to the Associated Press.

Eleven years later in 2002, Reuben's "art" collection was deemed inappropriate and he was charged with possessing child pornography.

Those child pornography charges were dropped by Los Angeles authorities in 2004 after Reubens pleaded guilty to possessing obscene images of minors so as to avoid going to court and risking jail.

For the next three years Reubens had to register his address with the sheriff's office and could not be in the company of minors without their parents' permission, according to an interview with NBC's Dateline.

Reubens later stated that he was a collector of "erotic artwork," a stash that includes films, muscle magazines and a sizable collection of both heterosexual and homosexual vintage erotica, according to the interview.

Let's hope he does well in his new mission to keep his pee-wee in his pants.

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by KeithT09 September 30, 2009 6:29 AM EDT: Oh man! Pee Wee Herman on Jay Leno was sort of disturbing. Pee Wee Herman on Jay Leno comes after he's been out of the spotlight for his famous children's show character, but in it for the increasingly weird instances, especially sex scandals, of his life. Pee Wee Herman, real name Paul Reuben has had some very high profile run ins with the law for his?proclivities. He showed off and talked about an abstinence ring which NOBODY wanted to know, or hear about it. It was kind of creepy. Plans for Pee Wee include possible upcoming films. After seeing Pee Wee Herman on Jay Leno, many would give faxless payday loans for him to keep those sorts of things to himself.

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by gonesouthern September 23, 2009 10:56 AM EDT: Jay, Jay whats up with the pervert guests. Your going down to the bottom of the proverbial barrel quickly with this guy. Lets keep it cleaned up OK. No more Jaycee/Pee-wee types please. In just one week you have ruined any credibility you had left...; Reply to this comment